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This webcast provides an opportunity for UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI), along with four of the technical panel members who served on both the suppression study and the coordinated fire attack study, to present the highlights and fireground applications of the research. This research, conducted over the past 10 years, was focused primarily on ventilation and suppression, independent from one another, at fires in single-family dwellings. With a solid understanding of horizontal, vertical, and positive-pressure ventilation alongside both interior and exterior water application, the time has come to put the pieces together: How do we define coordination on the fireground? What makes for an effective fire attack? The current FSRI study into coordinating ventilation and suppression on the fireground is nearing its completion. The science from the lab was taken to the streets as experiments were conducted in acquired single-family dwellings, garden-style apartments, and a commercial strip mall. This study, much like all of FSRI’s studies, is guided by a technical panel of firefighters from across the country.

CHAD CHRISTENSEN is a captain in the Los Angeles County (CA) Fire Department (LACoFD), where he has served for 23 years. He assisted with the development of the fire behavior curriculum being taught in the LACoFD and runs Fire Behavior Committee as one of the lead fire behavior and fire dynamics instructors. He was a member of both the UL FSRI Coordinated Fire Attack & Fire Attack technical panel.

KEITH STAKES is a research engineer at UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute. He studies the effectiveness of fireground tactics and firefighter safety. He has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in fire protection engineering from the University of Maryland. He is a member of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase (MD) Rescue Squad and currently serves as a Battalion Chief.

DENNIS LEGEAR captain (ret.) Oakland (CA). He is the creator of the 1 3/16-inch smooth bore nozzle and TRU hose spec. A panel member on FRSI’s Interior/Exterior Fire Streams study, and Coordinated Attack Panel. Author of the Water Supply and Hose/Appliance chapter in the F.E. Handbook. a contributing author to Fire Engineering. He has an A.S. in fire science and a B.S. in vocational education.

TONY CARROLL is with the Louisa County (VA) Department of Fire and EMS. He recently retired from the District of Columbia Fire Department (DCFD) and is a life member of the Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton (VA) Volunteer Fire Department. Carroll is a fire service professional who is constantly seeking to raise the bar and be part of the solution.

UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI) strives to advance fire safety knowledge and strategies in order to create safer environments. Using advanced fire science, rigorous research, extensive outreach and education in collaboration with an international network of partners, the organization imparts stakeholders with knowledge, tools, and resources that enable them to make better, more fire safe decisions that ultimately save lives and property. To learn more, visit FSRI.org. Follow Fire Safety Research Institute on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.